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While compiling a tarot schematics for the Major Trump cards for this page I came accross this page and thought to myself: Thank you creator of this page.  It has almost everything one needs for tarot correspondence on it.  As I am still busy with mine and will place it soon, enjoy these in the meanwhile.
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TAROT STUDY HELP

Source: http://www.lelandra.com/tarotbook/deckattributes.htmY

HELPS

Compiled by Lelandra

This is, at this point, an abandoned project. When I began working on it, I was a true believer in the Golden Dawn system of correspondences, and began work on this online book-in-progress in order to understand the system in the greatest detail possible. Unfortunately, this project resulted in a personal loss of faith in the system. However, in the possibility that it may be useful to others, I have left up the part of the project that was webbed. I believe that it does represent a good way to systematically engage in the study of tarot from an "esoteric filing cabinet" perspective.

The pages for each card (and those introductory charts as interest the user) are intended to be printed out and put in a three ring binder, where they can serve as the seed for a Tarot journal or workbook. Unlike other Tarot workbooks, the bulk of this work examines the Tarot through the lens of traditional Occultism or Western Esotericism. I have specifically chosen to use the system of correspondences of the Golden Dawn, mentioning some modifications made by Aliester Crowley. I have chosen this as my orienting generalization since two of the most popular Tarot decks in use today, the Rider-Waite-Smith and Crowley-Harris Thoth, come out of the Golden Dawn tradition.

In this book, for each card I show versions from several Golden Dawn style decks, then present a table with the Golden Dawn correspondences. This is followed by quotations from Book "T", Book of Thoth and Waite's Pictorial Key. Finally I provide an examination of symbols from the Golden Dawn description and various other decks.

TRUMP CARDS

THE TWENTY-TWO KEYS OF THE BOOK				LETTER	ATTRIB- UTION
57	0	The Foolish Man	The Spirit of GR:Alpha-iota-theta-eta-rho	a	Air
58	1	The Magician	The Magus of Power	d	Mercury
59	2	The High Priestess	The Priestess of the Silver Star	g	Moon
60	3	The Empress	The Daughter of the Mighty Ones	d	Venus
61	4	The Emperor	Sun of the Morning, chief among the Mighty	h	Aries
62	5	The Hierophant	The Magus of the Eternal	w	Taurus
63	6	The Lovers	The Children of the Voice; the Oracles of the Mighty Gods	z	Gemini
64	7	The Chariot	The Child of the Powers of the Waters; the Lord of the Triumph of Light	j	Cancer
65	11	Fortitude	The Daughter of the Flaming Sword	f	Leo
66	9	The Hermit	The Magus of the Voice of Power,the Prophet of the Eternal	y	Virgo
67	10	The Wheel of Fate	The Lord of the Forces of Life	k	Jupiter
68	8	Justice	The Daughter of the Lords of Truth: the Ruler of the Balance	l	Libra
69	12	The Hanged	The Spirit of the Mighty Waters	m	Water
70	13	Death	The Child of the Great Transformers: the Lord of the Gates of Death	n	Scorpio
71	14	Temperance	The Daughter of the Reconcilers: the Bringer-Forth of life	s	Sagittarius
72	15	The Devil	The Lord of the Gates of Matter: the Child of the Forces of Time	u	Capricorn
73	16	The Blasted Tower	The Lord of the Hosts of the Mighty	p	Mars
74	17	The Star	The Daughter of the Firmament, the dweller between the Waters	x	Aquarius
75	18	The Moon	The Ruler of Flux and Reflux: the Child of the Sons of the Mighty	q	Pisces
76	19	The Sun	The Lord of the Fire of the World	r	Sun
77	20	The Judgement	The Spirit of the Primal Fire	c	Spirit and Fire
78	21	The Universe	The Great One of the Night of Time	't	Earth and Saturn

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COURT CARDS AND ACES

How Different Decks are Correlated in this Study Guide
(my visual argument for why most writers are wrong in correlating Knights to Princes. The correct correspondence is:
RW King = GD Prince = Thoth Prince,
RW Queen = GD Queen = Thoth Queen,
RW Knight = GD King = Thoth Knight,
RW Page = GD Princess = Thoth Princess)

Chart of Elemental Correspondences for Suits and Courts in Various Decks - according to the designers of those decks

Chart of Different Authors' Attributions to MBTI

Different Systems for Attributing Court Cards to Seasons

(Those who have seen Book "T" will recognize the organization and ordering of the remainder of this table of contents.)

1. The Ace of Wands is called the Root of the Powers of Fire.

2. The Ace of Cups is called the Root of the Powers of Water.

3. The Ace of Swords is called the Root of the Powers of Air.

4. The Ace of Pentacles is called the Root of the Powers of Earth.

5. The Knight of Wands is "The Lord of the Flame and Lighting: the King of the Spirits of Fire."

6. The Queen of Wands is "The Queen of the Thrones of Flame."

7. The King of Wands is "The Prince of the Chariot of Fire."

8. The Knave of Wands is "The Princess of the Shining Flame: the Rose of the Palace of Fire."

9. The Knight of Cups is "The Lord of the Waves and the Waters: the King of the Hosts of the Sea."

10. The Queen of Cups is "The Queen of the Thrones of the Waters."

11. The King of Cups is "The Prince of the Chariot of the Waters."

12. The Knave of Cups is "The Princess of the Waters: the Lotus of the Palace of the Floods."

13. The Knight of Swords is "The Lord of the Wind and the Breezes: the King of the Spirits of Air."

14. The Queen of Swords is "The Queen of the Thrones of Air."

15. The King of Swords is "The Prince of the Chariot of the Winds."

16. The Knave of Swords is "The Princess of the Rushing Winds: the Lotus of the Palace of Air."

17. The Knight of Pentacles is "The Lord of the Wide and Fertile Land: the King of the Spirits of Earth."

18. The Queen of Pentacles is "The Queen of the Thrones of Earth."

19. The King of Pentacles is "The Prince of the Chariot of Earth."

20. The Knave of Pentacles is "The Princess of the Echoing Hills: the Rose of the Palace of Earth."

PIP CARDS

NO.	CARD	LORD OF	DECAN	IN
21	5 of Wands	Strife	Saturn	Leo
22	6 of Wands	Victory	Jupiter	Leo
23	7 of Wands	Valour	Mars	Leo
24	8 of Pentacles	Prudence	Sun	Virgo
25	9 of Pentacles	Material Gain	Venus	Virgo
26	10 of Pentacles	Wealth	Mercury	Virgo
27	2 of Swords	Peace restored	Moon	Libra
28	3 of Swords	Sorrow	Saturn	Libra
29	4 of Swords	Rest from Strife	Jupiter	Libra
30	5 of Cups	Loss in Pleasure	Mars	Scorpio
31	6 of Cups	Pleasure	Sun	Scorpio
32	7 of Cups	Illusionary Success	Venus	Scorpio
33	8 of Wands	Swiftness	Mercury	Sagittarius
34	9 of Wands	Great Strength	Moon	Sagittarius
35	10 of Wands	Oppresion	Saturn	Sagittarius
36	2 of Pentacles	Harmonious Change	Jupiter	Capricorn
37	3 of Pentacles	Material Works	Mars	Capricorn
38	4 of Pentacles	Earthly Power	Sun	Capricorn
39	5 of Swords	Defeat	Venus	Aquarius
40	6 of Swords	Earned Success	Mercury	Aquarius
41	7 of Swords	Unstable Effort	Moon	Aquarius
42	8 of Cups	Abandoned Success	Saturn	Pisces
43	9 of Cups	Material Happiness	Jupiter	Pisces
44	10 of Cups	Perfected Success	Mars	Pisces
45	2 of Wands	Dominion	Mars	Aries
46	3 of Wands	Established Strength	Sun	Aries
47	4 of Wands	Perfected Work	Venus	Aries
48	5 of Pentacles	Material Trouble	Mercury	Taurus
49	6 of Pentacles	Material Success	Moon	Taurus
50	7 of Pentacles	Success Unfulfilled	Saturn	Taurus
51	8 of Swords	Shortened Force	Jupiter	Gemini
52	9 of Swords	Despair and Cruelty	Mars	Gemini
53	10 of Swords	Ruin	Sun	Gemini
54	2 of Cups	Love	Venus	Cancer
55	3 of Cups	Abundance	Mercury	Cancer
56	4 of Cups	Blended Pleasure	Moon	Cancer

Elemental Attributes of Various Decks

In order to make this project manageable, and given the goal of studying the Golden Dawn attributes, this study guide uses the following correspondences:
Fire = Wands/Rods/Batons
Water = Cups
Air = Swords
Earth = Pentacles/Disks/Coins
Generally, if a deck is designed to a different correspondence, it will equate Wands with Air and Swords with Fire. Airy Wands are the rule for Brian Williams' Renaissance and PoMo Tarots, the Nigel Jackson Tarot and the Reed-Cannon Witches Tarot.

Fire = Thoth/Waite-Smith Knight or Golden Dawn King
Water = Queen
Air = Thoth/Golden Dawn Prince or Waite-Smith King
Earth = Princess/Page/Knave

For some decks, the designer actually used a different correspondence. In the chart below, I show the correspondence documented by the designer. Not all designers noted a correspondence and these cases are also noted.

Suit Correspondences

 

Court Correspondences

Though the majority of decks document the correspondence for the suits, it is far less common for non-esoteric decks to mention the elemental correspondence intended for the court cards.

 

 

 

Three card spread
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art20846.asp

What the Spread Reveals

This is a very simple yet useful spread, that can have a wide range of meanings assigned to each of the three positions. Two of these are presented here for your consideration. They include the top row of titles, which introduces a problem or decision focused approach, "Context - Focus - Outcome" and the bottom titles which introduce a timeline approach, of "Past - Present - Future."

To begin this spread, shuffle the cards carefully, spread them out in a long line in front of you, then allow your Higher Self to draw three cards from the deck. Each step should be done carefully and with calm focus.

Problem Solving or Decision Making Approach

This spread will help you to learn to apply the tarot to figure out how to approach a problem or decision. This is easiest when you let your ego and conscious mind relax, and allow your Higher Self to speak to you through the cards you draw.

Left Card: The Context - This card reflects a general overview of the Querant's present situation.

Center Card: The Focus - This card reflects a new set of circumstances that are about to act upon the Querant, the forces that drive these may be positive or negative depending on the card and whether it is upright or inverse. This card is the general problem or the decision to be made.

Right Card: The Outcome - This card reflects the effect of the second focus card. It shows the outcome that comes with the new circumstances; the results of the problem solving and/or decision-making.

Timeline Approach

This spread will help you to learn to apply the tarot to help you to explore the forces that are influencing the Querant, by looking at the past, present and future energy around them.

Left Card: The Past - This card shows the Querant's past experiences, the ones that cast a light on the current situation.

Center Card: The Present - This card reveals what the Querant is feeling and experiencing at the moment.

Right Card: The Future - Thi card predicts the result of the course of action that the Querant will take, based on the first two cards.

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The Celtic Cross

http://www.angelpaths.com/spreads3.html

The ten card Celtic Cross is the most common Tarot card layout I've ever come across. With this popularity there comes the problem of many variances of placement. 

Card 1:   The present
Card 2:   The immediate challenge facing the querent. You will often pull a difficult card here, which will indicate an obstacle that must be overcome. When you pull a "good" card here, examine it carefully because it will still represent a challenge.
Card 3:   Distant past, foundation. This card should indicate the root of the subject matter of the question
Card 4:   More recent past, including events. This will indicate events taking place, not necessarily directly connected to the question. For example, if a love affair going wrong Card 3 would show the root of why it is going wrong, whereas Card 4 will show something that recently happened to reflect this. You could see this as a "check comment" card - a way of seeing that the reading is sound.
Card 5:   The best that can be achieved. This is directly related to the question. Note that this may not necessarily gel against Card 10 - it depends whether you are able to get the best. However, a negative card here probably means that it is worth cutting your losses rather than putting any more effort into the situation.
Card 6: Immediate Future. This indicates events in the next few days or week(s). This reading does not cover months.
Card 7: Factors or inner feelings affecting the situation. Compare this against Card 1 in order to understand underlying forces/trends. If there is conflict between them this tends to indicate that the querent is going in the wrong direction.
Card 8: External influences. People, energies or events which will affect the outcome of the question and are beyond the querent's control.
Card 9: Hopes or fears around the situation. This may produce a card that confuses us badly. Always bear in mind that hopes and fears are closely intertwined, therefore that which we hope for may also be that which we fear, and so may fail to happen. Sometimes it is useful to draw a second card for clarification after the reading has been laid, and to read the two together.
Card 10: Final outcome. This is a fairly self explanatory card. However it is worth saying that if the card comes up somewhat ambiguous, once again it may be worth drawing three extra cards to clarify. These should be interpreted through the lens of Card 10. So if the card drawn is the Tower and we draw the Ace of Cups, Princess of Cups and Four of Cups in a reading about a relationship, the Tower would indicate that it is time to move on. The Ace of Cup suggests that a new relationship is promised with better things ahead. The Princess of Cups brings new love (and possibly pregnancy). The Four of Cups shows deep levels of contentment and happiness, and many options for progress.

The Zodiac Tarot Reading

http://supertarot.co.uk/astrology/zodiacspread.htm

Twelve card Tarot spreads naturally fall into the zodiac and 12 house systems, but they are still based upon the four elements. The zodiac signs represent particular areas of life, and in divination are nothing to do with the Sun sign astrology, which is all about personality.

General meanings of the zodiac signs and the elemental attributions.

Aries

The Querent, situation. The first seed of the matter, inspiration and initiation. Pure heat, energy and drive. New projects, winning, wars, spiritual love, power, authority. Spiritual growth and experience.

Taurus

The growth of a matter, the loss of something and how to recover it. Art and creative efforts - the financial results. Finance, banking, possessions, investments, farming, jewellery, clothes, loans, musical instruments. Storage, architecture, excavations, irrigations, crops, the home, family. Decorations, gardens, drugs or medicine.

Gemini

Matters concerning thought and intellect. Communications, negotiations, debates, studies, philosophy, the abstract. Advertising, ideas and their outcome. Short journeys, commuting, neighbours, messages, news.

Cancer

Matters concerning people, groups, congregations, psychic concerns, transformation, extremes in emotional concerns; spiritual love. The privacy of oneself and home, emotional and spiritual nourishment. Evocation and invocation, ceremonial initiation. Finding answers around difficulties, family concerns, and clearing up confusing issues.

Leo

To win or gain, business affairs working at a hidden level. Entertaining, the arts, music, teaching, birth. Hidden talents and secrets. To externalise what is within.

Virgo

Matters of conjunction, union, recovery, health, physical problems, operations, alternative healing. Writing, studies, agriculture, employees, training, armed forces, chemicals, doctors, libraries, work Unions, assembly of groups or crowds. Computer analysis, finding work, education, workshops, commerce.

Libra

Matters requiring harmony and balance or impartiality. Putting desires into constructive thought. Beginning of ideas, contracts, diplomats and intermediaries. Intensive communication

Scorpio

Suffering and sacrifice required before spiritual progress can be made. Searching for relief from suffering. Death and the afterlife. To find out the undercurrents, the hidden, secret thoughts. Spiritual regeneration, the occult, the hidden power of Spirit in the world. Human rights. Emotional matters.

Sagittarius

Pure religion, spiritual gain and insight, travel and communication - particularly long distance. Philosophy, higher teaching. Political alliances between nations.

Capricorn

Matters that require great physical energy, struggle for attainment, to obtain power and authority, ceremonies, governments, professions/career, ambition, economy, employers, engineering, etc. Earthquakes, volcanos, passion, sexuality, competitive sports, fighting, crime, penalties, prisons. Corporate organizations, companies, directors, rulers. Animals, labour, mines, construction/building. Business ventures and their success or failure. Exploration.

Aquarius

Matters of socialism, societies, rebellions, disputes, reformation, the shedding of the old for the new. Where reason rules emotion. Where control is required. Sometimes concerning death, sadness and grief, condemnation, perversion. Stormy situations. Fortifying international friendships. Friends, companions, aeronautics, politics, service.

Pisces

Future matters where the outcome depends on logic and reasoning guiding emotion. Expansion of the intellect and intuitive understanding of inner awareness, to find the value of a matter and to discover your enemies. Concerning one's psychological health. For sensitive matters, understanding other's attitudes or reactions. Advanced medical science and metaphysics, retreats. Locating the cause of matters. Travel over water. Sources of misfortune, but generally joy, health and present or future to come.

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Twelve House Tarot Spread

The Twelve houses tell us where the action is happening for all areas of life.

The information below can be used as the basis of the astrological tarot spread.

1 Ascendant

Self, personality, physical body, appearance. Independent action

2 Finance

Finances, self-worth, resources (self esteem, value systems, attitude to security, as well as possessions). Resources in terms of security, money, mental attitude of spiritual support.

3 Communication, travel, mind

Communications, local travel, relatives, speculation, logic, mental powers. Information coming from, and into, familiar areas. No surprises.

4 Imum Coeli

Home, houses, environment, old age. The physical body, the end of an issue.

5 Creativity, passion, love affairs

Creative expression, children, sports, romance, pregnancy, artistic pursuits.

6 Health, work

Health, employment, service, domestic routine, diet, breaking habits, duty.

7 Descendant - Partnerships

Partnerships, marriage, the public, business partners, open enemies, court cases.

8 - Death, legal, transformation

Joint finances, legalities, sex, death, legacies. Transformation, beginnings or endings. Birth. Money.

9 - Guru, Long Journeys

Higher education, religion, law, philosophy, social institutions, long journeys. Alien concepts. Books, publishing.

10 MC - Career, success

Prominence, career, honours, social standing - how the community sees you, mother.

11 - society, hope, technology

Hopes, fears, group aspirations, love received, friends, humanitarian endeavours

12 - Fears, Hidden things

Self-undoing, psychological health, subconscious mind, mystical inspiration, institutions, inhibitions, occult. Hidden things. Desire for retreat

 

Complementary to this site, you should become familiar with Paul Hughes-Barlow's site Supertarot. Rather than focusing on individual card meanings, it has online lessons in using Elemental Dignities. It also houses a colection of excellent essays you won't find anywhere else.

Supertarot site: http://www.supertarot.com/home.html

Astrological Attributions of the Tarot http://supertarot.co.uk/astrology/attributions.htm

Qabalah Tree of Life: http://www.polarissite.net/TOL/Default.htm

 (more to follow)